Helene Elliott: Taylor Fritz is on the cusp of tennis greatness. Will he continue to rise in 2023?
Taylor Fritz set two ambitious objectives for 2022: finish the year in the top 10 in the men's tennis world rankings, and win a big event. Done and done, with a couple of added flourishes. Fritz, who grew up in Rancho Santa Fe and now lives in Miami, started the year at No. 23 but finished No. 9 and is the top-ranked American man. In March, he won his first Masters 1000 tournament — just below ...
by Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times
Dec 27, 2022
4 minutes
Taylor Fritz set two ambitious objectives for 2022: finish the year in the top 10 in the men's tennis world rankings, and win a big event.
Done and done, with a couple of added flourishes.
Fritz, who grew up in Rancho Santa Fe and now lives in Miami, started the year at No. 23 but finished No. 9 and is the top-ranked American man. In March, he won his first Masters 1000 tournament — just below the four Grand Slams in significance — by ending a hobbled Rafael Nadal's 20-match winning streak at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, even though an injured ankle nearly forced Fritz
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